Political correctness running amok: According to the Yale Daily News, the Yale Council of Masters has recommended to President Peter Salovey that the title “master” be among the forthcoming name changes at the school. The…
Topic: professors
Remembering a Professor who Put Teaching First
A great tribute to Peter Schramm, who passed away at age 68.
Banned Phrase in California Higher Ed: America is the Land of Opportunity
Blame former Obama cabinet secretary Janet Napolitano, the current president of the University of California system, for imposing that rule on California professors. But were professors using the phrase to begin with, considering it is…
Liberal Bias Remains on College Campuses: An Infographic
Here’s what we found in our research on liberal professors (Click to enlarge the image):
Black Professor Upset that He was Called Comical by Students
Being called an engaging and comical professor is offensive? Apparently so, at Northwestern University.
Academics Fix Another Problem
How many academics does it take to fix America’s criminal justice system? Twenty. That’s how many participated in a National Research Council (NRC) study of U.S. prisons and their effect on inner cities. The study…
Courts Find Academics Unexceptional
They may be the big men and women on campus but off campus they are just men and women. “The claim of legal status depends on the prior claim that academics are special, even exceptional,…
Embattled Boston University Professor Under Fire for Harassing White Rape Victim
Saida Grundy, a black professor at Boston University, has been criticized for her tweets critical of white people. Now, it appears she went after a white rape victim via Facebook.
UCSD’s Naked Final Exam wasn’t Reported as Sexual Harassment
The University of California-San Diego has three sexual harassment policies in place that would have been appropriate in this situation, where a professor had students take final exams while naked.
Liberal Professors say Reading to Your Child is Bad for Social Equality
Huh? Seriously, two professors are working on developing a theory that goes into detail about social equality, and this is what they came up with.